The transition to Everybody talks about it by Lisa Ray, the daughter of ex-construction magnate Tony Accurso, continues to stir up reactions. Described as confusing and “uncomfortable”, this interview illustrates the risks of live, according to the production, which does not regret having made room for the businesswoman on her set on Sunday evening. There is no question of going back to a recorded and edited formula to prevent such a moment of discomfort from happening again.
“For people who aren’t used to the media, it’s true that a set like Everybody talks about it. But you have to take risks. You can’t always see the same faces. […] Since we went live, two and a half years ago, we must have had 350 guests and, to my knowledge, this was the first time that had happened. That’s a pretty good average,” argued Guy A. Lepage in an interview with To have to.
Contrary to what some may have understood, the host and co-producer of the show ensures that Mme Ray didn’t come on the air at the last minute, on her own initiative, without having to do a pre-interview. Even if the arrival of Lisa Ray was indeed announced a few hours before the show, her presence had been planned for “a couple of days”, indicates Guy A. Lepage.
It is true that the daughter of Tony Accurso, who changed her last name three years ago, came into contact with the team of Everybody talks about it. But she had to talk to a researcher beforehand, like any guest. During this pre-interview, she explained, among other things, that she had nothing to do with the arson attack that ravaged her house in Deux-Montagnes last week. His point of view seemed credible and coherent enough for the team to think it appropriate to invite him on Sunday evening.
“The pre-interview went very well. I expected her to explain why she felt unfairly targeted. And I think that’s what she meant. But I have the impression that being together live at Everybody talks about it made her confused, ”says Guy A. Lepage, who maintains on the other hand that he was able to ask him all the questions he wanted.
Blurry
Half-word, the ex-member of RBO admits, however, not having had all the answers he expected. And for good reason, the businesswoman was evasive at several times during the interview, especially when she was asked about the ties she has with her illustrious father, convicted in 2018 of fraud and corruption in particular. When it came to her name change, for example, she launched into a long response, more about personal growth.
“In 2012, when everything broke […] I fell into a void. It was the start of a huge transformation for me. […] Before, I was not able to have a child. As soon as it left, I had a child. That was a first miracle. Afterwards, I did a lot of personal growth training, I met people. Before 2012, [il y avait] Lisa Accurso and, from 2012, I began a transformation as a woman, ”explained the one who is no longer involved in the family empire.
According to her LinkedIn page, Lisa Ray has been at the head of a frozen food company, MS3 Food, since 2016, whose website is however not functional. Several people have suggested on social networks that the daughter of Tony Accurso had invited herself on the set of the show to show off, rather than to talk about the fire, on which she ultimately had little to say. say.
“If that’s the case, it looks like it didn’t work, from what I understand,” says Guy A. Lepage, referring to the deluges of negative reactions that followed the show’s broadcast on Sunday. evening.
“Really not clear to understand what is the interest of the daughter of Accurso to be at [Tout le monde en parle] apart from going to [télé] even wrote on Twitter the former jester of the show, Dany Turcotte, during the show. Present on the set of Everybody talks about it Sunday evening to promote his new documentary, host Paul Arcand returned during his press review Monday morning to his appearance on the show the day before, qualifying the interview with Mme Ray of “psychotronics” and recounting “a deep malaise” in the studio.
No assembly
“It’s true that it was not the interview of the century”, recognizes Guillaume Lespérance, the other producer of Everybody talks about itjoined by The duty Monday.
Guillaume Lespérance admits that this moment of television would undoubtedly have seemed less painful if the program was still shot on Thursdays and edited during the weekend before the broadcast. But he rules out a return to the original concept. The direct, adopted during the pandemic to better stick to the changing news, is there for good, even if it means taking the risk of giving the floor to guests who deviate from their trajectory.
“Everything is moving so fast now. There was so much going on between Thursday and Sunday that it was a festival of adjustments and corrections. With the live, it is certain that an interview like this will happen again, but it is the risk to be taken, ”slices the producer, who says he has no reproaches to make to his team of researchers in this story.
Lisa Ray did not return our calls on Monday.